Context (CMS Context)
Mervyn Street (1950-) is affiliated with Gooniyandi, one of the two river groups from the country around Fitzroy Crossing, a key art centre in northwestern Western Australia. He was born at Louisa Downs Station and is an accomplished author, illustrator, carver and painter. He is author of an illustrated book entitled ‘Know Your Granny’ and uses his artwork extensively in the local Yiyili School where he also teaches Gooniyandi, the traditional language.
His figurative art conveys the lives of Aboriginal workers on the vast cattle stations of the northwest, recalling particularly the 1950s and 60s, when his mother was a station cook and his father a stockman. Mervyn has featured in ABC TV films recalling this period in recent Aboriginal history, that is simply and engagingly evoked in his art.
Event Date 12/8/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

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Presented by The Art Fund and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. An acquisition project to build a collection of modern and contemporary work on paper from Australia, Canada and South Africa was undertaken over 2011-13 with the support of a grant under The Art Fund's RENEW programme. The collection was developed with the expert advice and generous assistance of Annie Coombes and Norman Vorano in relation to South African and Inuit artists respectively. Khadija Carroll, Anita Herle and Diana Wood Conroy also contributed to the selection process. Obtained from Australian Print Workshop, 210 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, Victoria, 3065, Australia. Acquired on 30 July 2013. Arrived on 8/8/2013.
Event Date 12/8/2013
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Lithograph title 'Driving Cattle' edition 17/20. Original limited edition work on paper, signed by the artist. Condition: Good.
Event Date 12/8/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited: The Power of Paper, Li Ka Shing Gallery, MAA, 14 February - 6 December 2015. Reproduced in the exhibition catalogue.

Event Date 20/2/2015
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson